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Man, it's tough out there

Yep, So I made the leap to solo.
The workload has incresed by 100% and the income has all but dried up.
I am staying somewhat busy, but not enough to pay the bills.
I had planned on things being like this for the first year, But I think I'm starting to see a corner to turn ahead. I did manage to pick up a couple of chain restaurants so maybe it will lead to more.

Yep, So I made the leap to solo.
The workload has incresed by 100% and the income has all but dried up.
I am staying somewhat busy, but not enough to pay the bills.
I had planned on things being like this for the first year, But I think I'm starting to see a corner to turn ahead. I did manage to pick up a couple of chain restaurants so maybe it will lead to more.

Wish me well or call me a fool
I'm on my way

Your always gonna be looking for that one BIG job dude .. If you want to stay solo - It's a TWO (2) part system !

1- ADVERTISING- ( Word of mouth & Newspaper )
2- MONOPOLY - ( What you can do that others can not ) .
Pick and find something ...!

Make sure you charge enough, and talk to these guys here.
Most of them have went through the same things you are going to experience, it isnt pretty , but it can work.
Just dont build a business on a poor business model, you wont make money and neither will your techs.
I wish i knew where to start many times by the time you have it figured out your in a world of hurt and haver to start over.
Problem is, many of your customers arent going to understand the changes you may later implement.
Join a B.N.I. Chapter asap.

Put it this way, If I we're any farther upstate I would need to learn French.
specialties? lol one of them being repairing Ice cream machines. not much call for that most of the year
So I do foodservice equipment the rest of the time.

Direct mailer with bus. card magnets worked well for us; about 3-4% response immediate, but keeps trickling in even years later. Got a call from a restaurant last week I've never worked for. He thought we were his regulars because he had our magnet stuck on something. Haven't mailed any of those things out in 6-7 years. People throw letters and bus. cards away; but the magnets hang around.

1.5 years ago was standing in line at a Mcdonald's 70 miles from home and saw one of those crazy magnets stuck to a piece of equipment behind the counter. Don't know how it got so far from home, but there it was.